Building in East Africa, Shipping Globally

Yussuf Hersi

Backend engineer and systems thinker crafting tools for developer productivity. Exploring computational linguistics through the lens of Somali heritage.

Current Focus

Building systems that amplify developer capability and preserve cultural knowledge

NextDeploy

Building

Full-stack deployment platform for developer freedom

GoNext.jsDocker

CodeVault

Planning

Secure source code management system for backups

RustCLI

Philosophy

Core principles that guide my approach to building and thinking

Don't just build apps. Build systems.
The best tools vanish into flow.
Writing is coding for the mind.
The stack is not the product. The thinking is.
Design is not what it looks like. It's what gets ignored.
Work in public. Document the edge.

Latest Writing

Technical insights and systems thinking

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Learning Modules

Crash courses on backend architecture

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Cultural Research

Computational linguistics & heritage

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